Saturday October 28th

Posted by Alistair on Saturday, October 28th, 2006

The container grown Agapanthus, which although flowering well this year have become root bound. I repotted them this afternoon which next year may reduce the amount of flower heads, nevertheless something that just has to be done.

Agapanthus are not fully hardy in this country, but still do well in containers. They all have strap like leaves with flower spikes 50/90cm. The hardiest are fully deciduous whilst others are evergreen, they are all best over wintered in the greenhouse.

Those fully deciduous should not be watered until spring, as the roots tend to rot otherwise, evergreen varieties should be lightly watered in winter.

I find that if left in the greenhouse after late May they will not flower as well. In late Spring place your containers in a sunny position and water well and often, good drainage is essential. Agapanthus come in shades of pale blue right through to a dark rich blue, others of a pure white. Bressingham Blue is one of the dependable fully deciduous varieties,60/75cm tall, dark blue flowers.

Bressingham Blue